Croydon Get Permission To Increase Council Tax 15%

[iansheff]

Well  the Government have given bankrupt Croydon Council special permission to raise the CT by 15%, how long before we all start getting clobbered with hikes like this?

Around £235 will be added to the average household’s annual payment, which comes on top of the almost £40 hike by Sadiq Khan for City Hall’s share of the bill.

 

We are just cash cows for the councils, they want our money anyway they can get it .

 

Croydon gets special permission to put council tax up ‘staggering’ 15% (msn.com)

[Axe]

The key words are "special permission"  However there has to be a risk other councils will seek "special permission" to increase council tax by a huge amount.

 

The whole issue of public spending is out of control and needs sorting out.  It is well know that departments in the public sector waste money just to make sure all their allocated budget is used because they want an increase in the budget they are given in the year to follow.  Wastage is the biggest problem in the public sector and councils along with the NHS are arguably the biggest culprits.

[ads36]

1 hour ago, iansheff said:

We are just cash cows for the councils, they want our money anyway they can get it .

councils across the country are skint.

 

they've seen massive cuts to their funding from the government.

 

the vast bulk of council spending is on social-care - which is on it's knees, hardly "wasting money".

[iansheff]

31 minutes ago, ads36 said:

councils across the country are skint.

 

they've seen massive cuts to their funding from the government.

 

the vast bulk of council spending is on social-care - which is on it's knees, hardly "wasting money".

Where did I say about wasting money?

This is the 3rd time Croydon Council have been declared bankrupt, something is definitely wrong there.

[Al Bundy]

2 hours ago, iansheff said:

Where did I say about wasting money?

This is the 3rd time Croydon Council have been declared bankrupt, something is definitely wrong there.

Croydon is an absolute poo hole.

 

It totally represents the council.

[geared]

The ex-CEO of the council that helped run it clean into the ground took over £600,000 in their final year, with a hefty golden handshake at the end.

 

Raising council tax so much is a poke in the eye for residents.

 

https://insidecroydon.com/2022/08/30/ex-council-ceo-negrinis-company-finds-business-a-struggle/ 

[Dromedary]

59 minutes ago, Al Bundy said:

Croydon is an absolute poo hole.

It is now but was a great place in the late 60's early 70's.

 

[El Cid]

4 hours ago, ads36 said:

councils across the country are skint.

they've seen massive cuts to their funding from the government.

the vast bulk of council spending is on social-care - which is on it's knees, hardly "wasting money".

They should be able to increase council tax to what ever level they want. If the electorate don't like it, they will vote them out.

[Al Bundy]

2 minutes ago, Dromedary said:

It is now but was a great place in the late 60's early 70's.

 

Bit before my time.

 

Worked around there for a few years around 20 years ago.

Just awful, and at night.... Really scary.

[Axe]

14 minutes ago, El Cid said:

They should be able to increase council tax to what ever level they want. If the electorate don't like it, they will vote them out.

No they should not be allowed to increase council tax to what ever they want.  It is the government's job to impose a cap on increases allowed.  Both Labour and Tory run councils are guilty of wasting money and not giving council tax payers good value for money.